We are pleased to announce the release of Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup 0.28 \u201cThe Rise and Fall of Ignis Zotdust and the Spiders from Hell\u201d!<\/p>\n
DCSS 0.28 features a new Cinder Acolyte zealot background that begins the game worshiping a new god, Ignis, the Dying Flame. Cinder Acolytes start with the new Scorch spell, a -1 flaming branded weapon of choice, and five stars of piety. Ignis worshipers cannot gain piety, losing it only when using Ignis’ abilities. The abilities are Fiery Armour, which grants AC and retaliation flame damage, Foxfire Swarm, which summons many foxfires, and Rising Flame, a one-time ability sends the player one level above. Once all piety is spent, players will typically abandon for another god, and Ignis dies forever when wrath is over.<\/p>\n
The Hell branches have been revised to offer substantially more challenge. Each branch features a distinct and persistent negative effects that applies while in the branch along with timed effects common to all Hells. The branches all have revised monster set with many new monsters and smaller layouts for the first six levels, each of which has only one downward staircase. The Spider branch has likewise been retooled with a roster of new creepy-crawlies, new and revised end maps, and updates to the existing layouts and vaults.<\/p>\n
A new magical orb item type exists for the shield slot. Each orb type grants an ego with a powerful passive effect, such as a 3-radius halo or a reduction of monster willpower at the expense of your own. The god\u00a0Yredelemnul has been completely redesigned, granting passive reaping and accepting the reaped zombies as payment for its dark abilities. Okawaru and Jiyva have also seen significant, though not quite as sweeping, changes.<\/p>\n
A batch of new spells have been added, As always, there are dozens of new deadly vaults, and many more changes small and large alike!<\/p>\n
Download DCSS 0.28\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0play it online<\/a>\u00a0on one of many servers across the world! Packages for Windows and OS X are available now. Linux debs are coming soon. See the full list of changes on the release page\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The tournament starts on\u00a0Friday February 4th 8pm UTC<\/a>\u00a0and runs through\u00a0Sunday February 20th 8pm UTC<\/a>, with all online 0.28 games counting towards your score. See the\u00a0tournament page<\/a>\u00a0for more details, including how to join or setup a clan.\u00a0Clans membership can be changed until\u00a0Friday February 11th 8pm UTC<\/a>.<\/p>\n